Chapter 23: Ancient Books
At this time, Gu Zhaojun said: "Don't forget, you are just a secret envoy, if you want to use them, you have to find a decent 'Honghuang bloodline' first, this matter is very troublesome, you have to calculate carefully." The money was put aside first, and this army could not be taken outside yet. ”
Song Yang gritted his teeth and smiled bitterly: "I can't take it out, and I can't afford to take it out!" ”
Gu Zhaojun laughed and nodded sympathetically: "One last thing, they now know the pattern outside." ”
For three days, Gu Zhaojun and the others spied on the news from the Cicada Yaksha through chatting, and of course the other party would also ask about the outside affairs, and the 'entourage' could not know the identity and purpose of the secret envoy, but they were all from outside, so how could they not know what it was like today.
In this regard, Gu Zhaojun and others told the truth, first, it was too late to temporarily collude confessions; On the other hand, if Song Yang wants to bring this pair of elite soldiers, the cicada yaksha will return to the world sooner or later, and how can he hide it at that time.
'Nine out of nine' Gu Zhaojun, he will never make up useless lies.
…… The next day, when the military doctor consulted, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the 'secret envoy' was in better condition and was recovering rapidly, and the good news came out, Zheng Zhuan, the forty-third chief general of the Cicada Yasha, came quickly, accompanied by many lieutenants, and also brought a large, two small and three wooden boxes.
Zheng Zhuan was in his early forties, lived in the mountain col for most of his life, and only did two things in addition to leading soldiers: practicing martial arts hard and studying military books. I only hope that one day I can return to the world. After seeing the secret envoy, he was still calm at first, but as he spoke, the heavy sighs that had accumulated in his heart since the ancestors could no longer be suppressed, even if Song Yang had nothing to do with him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Calling them stupid, calling them stupid, and even scolding them for acting inhumanely, but that 700-year-old unchanging attachment alone is not a kind of standing up to the sky. When I saw them, I also believed that 'the sea is dry and the rocks are rotten'.
Regarding the details of the conversation, Song Yang and Lao Gu discussed for most of the night last night, and the two most important keys were how to explain how Dahong had only been inherited for three hundred years, and why it took another four hundred years to 'wake up' the Cicada Yaksha.
The 'answer' had already been determined, and at this moment, without waiting for Zheng to ask the question, Song Yang first told the reason: the incident happened suddenly, the Great Hong Dynasty was shocked, and the last emperor failed to fully explain the final formula of blood refining to future generations and suffered doom.
The alchemy was 'lost', so there was no way to invite the cicada Yaksha to come out of the mountain to savior, and in the following hundreds of years, the bloodline of Honghuang escaped into the world, and according to the residual prescription, he kept groping and looking for a way to complete the alchemy of blood, and it took four hundred years before he finally succeeded.
followed Song Yang to change the topic, to talk about the situation of the royal bloodline after the overthrow of the Hong Dynasty, nothing more than hard work, perseverance, repeated hardships, etc., he said almost all of them were 'lyrical prose', and did not involve specific people or things, so as not to be ganged in the future. In the end, it was explained that the 'emperor' was still hiding outside, and his identity was extremely secret...... This topic is the second key. The 'Emperor' is the real master of the Cicada Yaksha, Song Yang is already a secret envoy, and he can't be the emperor anymore, if he wants to catch this male army, he has to have a reliable emperor.
The 'emperor' must be absolutely loyal to Song Yang's forces, and at the same time be able to have a calm mind, at least when facing the cicada Yasha, Song Yang and Lao Gu were really troubled by this candidate, and they barely decided on a ...... But unexpectedly, Zheng Zhuan didn't seem to care much about the current situation of the 'emperor', and after hearing that the 'emperor's identity was secret', the general nodded seriously and did not ask about the specific situation, so Song Yang naturally did not mention it.
At this time, Song Yang seemed to notice something, and said to Zheng: "The general's face seems to be a little inappropriate. At the same time, he made a gesture and asked if the other party would like him to ask about the pulse.
Zheng Shuang didn't talk nonsense, lifted his sleeves, handed over his arm, Song Yang said casually: "I have followed Banzai since I was a child, I have been exposed to it, and I have also learned some acupuncture pharmacology, all of which are fur, and I am ...... abruptly" said and began to ask for pulse examination, and soon Song Yang frowned, Zheng Shuang has signs of poisoning in his body, and the slow surname poison accumulates in the meridians little by little, which is usually harmless, but it will damage the surname life, if you ignore it, people will die before they live to sixty.
After that, Song Yang got up and went to consult several deputy generals who were following Zheng Zhuan, not only Zheng Zhuan's face was different, but the complexions of these cicada yaksha were not right... There were more than ten people from the other party, all of whom had the same symptoms without exception, and even the degree of poisoning was the same.
After pondering for a while, Song Yang thought of the reason, it was not that someone deliberately poisoned it, but that there was a natural source of poison here...... Pink miasma.
The miasma is suspended in the air, and it doesn't seem to harm people, but in fact it still has some effect on the camp, and with the rain or special wind direction, the miasma falls to the ground, and over time, everyone who lives here will be poisoned.
Song Yang's expression was relaxed, he told the matter and the plate, and continued: "Don't worry, the poison is not difficult to solve, I will prepare the medicine after I leave the mountain, and then send someone back, it will be okay to recuperate a little." ”
Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhuan smiled: "Don't bother, don't say sixty years old, in seven hundred years, no one here has lived past fifty-five." Heaven is indeed poisonous, but this poison is of little use to us. ”
As soon as the cicada yaksha reaches an age and lacks strength, it 'gives way' on its own, leaving the resources to survive to the stronger ones.
And Song Yang shook his head and said seriously: "Regarding the military system for the elimination of the weak, the general can abolish it, and in the future, those who are not qualified, whether they are injured, sick, old or weak, please send them out, outside the mountain is my fiefdom, I will raise it." The cicada yaksha present was stunned, and Song Yang kept talking, and roughly said his identity in Nanli, there is nothing to hide about these things.
Even if you feel that it is 'right', if your relatives can not die, it is not a great joy! Zheng Zhuan took a deep breath and couldn't say too many words of gratitude, but lightly said, "Thank you." ”
The voice is soft, but the tone is heavy.
Gu Zhaojun next to him lowered his head and looked helpless. I'm so poor that I can't open the pot, and I still want to help the Cicada Yaksha take in the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, the key is the number of people... It may not be too much at the beginning, but over time, it will definitely be an amazing scale in the future, the simplest, directly calculated to thirty years later, most of the cicada yaksha here will be old, and there will be at least more than 10,000 old people in Yanziping... More than 10,000 people, what is the concept? Now, counting all the craftsmen, coolies, guards, and residents, there are less than 4,000 people, and what does Changchunhou have to feed his family.
Gu Zhaojun is a little unpredictable Song Yang, in the border pass, in Jingcheng, this kid kills people, is crazy and ruthless, and does not put his surname in his eyes at all; Now he is careless and kind, and he has a huge burden on his back.
In fact, Song Yang himself couldn't think clearly, he just felt that if he moved his mind to take away the cicada Yasha, he shouldn't let their weak relatives and friends die under the cruel military system.
Zheng Zhuan didn't say anything more, and made a gesture to the adjutant general beside him, who understood, and carried forward the large, two, and three wooden boxes he brought, first opened the big box, and presented one of the volumes, Song Yang opened it and saw that it was the detailed book of the cicada Yasha, from the setting of the troops, the assignment of generals to the roster of soldiers, all of which were carefully recorded, nothing unusual, it was a handover procedure.
Then the second wooden box was opened, and there were only three booklets in it, Song Yang took it and looked at it, his hand immediately sank, and he almost didn't hold it... They are all atlases, with drawings of armor, helmets and boots, and long and short blades, carefully marked on the sides. A detailed list of the required quantities of each weapon is also attached...... No need to ask, this is to ask Song Yang to prepare equipment for them.
Zheng Zhuan also explained from the side: "There is no iron in the mountains, and the soldiers can only replace them with stone and wood tools, but no matter the weight on the body or the weight and system of the stone tools, since the ancestors have been as close as possible to the weapons in the atlas, and when the envoys send real weapons, the cicada yaksha will be able to get started quickly." ”
Song Yang smiled unusually ugly, gritted his teeth and nodded, wanting to respond, 'I will do it as soon as possible', but he couldn't say these words no matter how hard he tried, he understood in his heart, he was poor, and he was really short of breath.
Zheng Zhuan didn't pay attention to the envoy's expression, and opened a third box with his own hands, which was still a booklet, only one, but it was very thick, the sheepskin was sealed, and the color was outdated, obviously old, and the general's actions were cautious, for fear that the strength would damage the ancient book a little, and sent it to Song Yang.
The other party's expression was solemn, Song Yang didn't dare to slack off, took it and opened it carefully, just after reading a few pages, Song Yang's heart was full of turmoil, but he didn't dare to show the slightest surprise, Zheng Zhuan sent these three boxes without saying a word, obviously something that Hong Taizu and Zheng Xian had agreed on a long time ago, and it was something that the secret envoy should know.
In the parchment cover, page by page is still an atlas, a map, and each page is the location of an ancient tomb...... Most of the margins on the pages are marked with text, indicating the identity of the owner of the tomb, the size of the cemetery, and the estimation of the treasures inside.
There are more than 70 pages before and after, and many of them, Song Yang, the owner of the tomb, have heard that everyone is prominent, either a generation of kings or important nobles...... True riches, the world's most 'ferocious' treasure map! A booklet that can attract nations to fight for at war is a thin page and ten thousand taels of gold.
Song Yang pretended to be sick again, and his breath led to a violent cough, his eyes were red, his face was like blood, and the taste of deliberately backlashing was not pleasant, but no, Chang Chunhou really couldn't vent the excitement in his heart!
Bendu was completely disappointed, but he didn't expect to find any more money... Money.
Nine hundred years ago, the ancestors of the earth monkeys came out of the mountain, for the sake of Hong Taizu's ancestors, they traveled all over the world in two hundred years, and countless ancient tombs were dug by them, but they did not dig one when they saw one. Perhaps due to the conditions at the time, it was impossible to dig immediately; Perhaps the Han lord has plenty of money for the time being; It may also be that the ancestors of Emperor Hong planned to leave some money for future generations, and some ancient tombs were not opened immediately after the location and condition of the tombs were discovered, but recorded in the case for emergencies.
As for this booklet, it was stolen by the last earth monkey and recaptured by the cicada yaksha; It is unknown whether it was given to Zheng Xian by Hong Taizu for him to keep carefully, but at this moment, Song Yang was in a state of turmoil, and at the same time, he finally understood it: If Hong Taizu only hid a lone soldier in the mountains, it would be too 'thin'.
They have no money, no food, no even blades and armor, even if they kill back in the world, I am afraid that it will be a problem to even feed themselves, let alone combat power; The use of the cicada yaksha must be the most critical moment of the Great Hong Dynasty, the land is shattered, the treasury is empty, and if you want to turn it over again, it is useless to have people, and you have to have money...... Dahong Taizu thought very carefully, and what he left to future generations was not only elite soldiers all the way, but also endless wealth waiting to be excavated.
With these two things, it is expected to plot the world again.
As for why the cicada Yaksha left three hundred earth monkeys unkilled, the reason is self-evident.
Seeing the secret envoy, handing over three boxes of books, practicing diligently, waiting for military weapons and military orders... This is a rule that has been set for a long time, and everyone understands that the arrival of the secret envoy means that they are about to return to the human world, but it is not that they will immediately withdraw from the camp as soon as the secret envoy comes.
The next thing became extremely simple, Song Yang didn't stay longer, and agreed with Zheng Shuang on the time of the next meeting, with a heavy treasure box, he set off for the mountain on the same day, as for the three hundred earth monkeys, Song Yang hesitated, and did not take them away, only saying that he could dig those ancient tombs with his own strength, and he didn't need the help of savages.
The earth monkey pits over the mountains and streams, Song Yang has no good impression of this wild people, and taking them out of the mountains is even more troublesome, saying that if they don't listen to them, they will escape and leak secrets, as for digging holes and robbing tombs, the earth monkeys seven hundred years ago have done this business, so that they can work easily; But now these three hundred wild people have been raised in captivity, and they have no skills or experience, and Song Yang doesn't think they will dig holes faster than himself.
Zheng Zhuan doesn't care about this, the cicada yaksha always leaves a group of earth monkeys, and it is just a 'backup'.
Before leaving, Song Yang glanced at Xiao Zhuan, and had already discussed the matter, Xiao Yu stepped forward and handed his saber with a sheath to Zheng Zhuan, Song Yang smiled at the same time: "It's really in a hurry, this intention is still for the general's subordinates." ”
The princess's saber is naturally of the highest grade, and Zheng Zhuan immediately showed a happy look and thanked him repeatedly.
It is rainy in Nanli and humid in the mountains, and the weapons brought in by the ancestors of Hongmin, no matter how good the quality is, they can't resist the rust of seven hundred years, and they have long been rotted into slag, and there is not a single weapon in the huge mountain pass.
Cicada Yasha is known as an elite soldier, Zheng Zhuan boasts of being a general, but he has never touched a real knife or gun in his hand, and he can imagine that he is depressed in his heart, and he suddenly gets a good knife, how can he not like it. After sending the knife, Xiao Zhu asked tentatively: "General Zheng, I heard that when the earth monkey fled back to the mountains, he brought some beautiful ornaments, and I... Can you take a look? ”
Zheng Zhuan laughed, ordered his subordinates, and took another wooden box, the treasures that were seized from the earth monkey at the beginning, some of them were valuable, and some were fakes, and they were piled together in such a mess without dividing them, and no one here paid attention to this kind of thing. Xiao Yu rummaged through it and found a crested hairpin carved from jasper: "This... Give it to me? ”
The people in the mountains will not be polite, Zheng Zhuan smiled and said: "If you like it, it is okay to take it." ”
Xiao Zhu shook his head with a grin: "I'm not greedy, as long as this one is satisfied, thank you General!" ”
Song Yang was still a little strange about how Xiao Yu became greedy for money, until after saying goodbye to the cicada Yasha and returning to the tunnel, Xiao Yu took out the hosta and stuffed it into Song Yang's hand: "This trip has been out for too long, I guess let's go back, the third sister will have to eat people... Coax her with this. ”
…… On the way back, almost everyone had a trance-like feeling, like a big dream, who could have imagined in advance that four hundred years after the overthrow of the Great Hong Dynasty, there was still a Hong army in this world waiting to serve the country.
Abandoned by the world and caught in the blind corner of reincarnation, the cicada Yaksha seems to be living in another world, another time, no night, no life and no death, there are only two words: wait.
The world of the Cicada Yaksha is closed and sickly, with no interests to compete for, only endless confusion. Their system is cruel but simple, and the 'self-consciousness' that outsiders can never understand is their innate instinct.
The 'supremacy' of the system also determines the unquestioned, complete and unconditional trust of the messenger who has passed the blood test.
After 700 years of inheritance, the people in the mountains have long forgotten what 'scheming' is, and the messengers from another world are the meaning of their painstaking protection.
Therefore, the experience in the depths of Mangshan was unbelievable to Song Yang, but the process went smoothly, when the messenger came, everything was logical, and Song Yang didn't even have to do anything deliberately... The wait for the Yaksha was too long, so long that they had everything ready...... Passing through the tunnel, converging Muen and Shanxixiu, everyone quickened their pace, hurried back to Fengyi, the round-trip journey, the ancient camp purlin, the cicada Yasha army pretended to be dizzy, and the delay was more than a month, and the lord of Chenghe County at home was afraid that he had been waiting for a long time.
Sure enough, not long after they came out of the mountain and entered the fiefdom, Ren Churong, who got the news, came up, rode alone, didn't bring a single guard, and when he saw Song Yang, His Royal Highness the county lord jumped off the horse, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, didn't say a word, and stared at him.
Seeing this, the others all slipped away quietly, and no one cared about Song Yang. Xiao Zhu also wanted to run, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was really a little inappropriate, and after the others dispersed, Xiao Zhu was about to step forward with a hippie smile, and Chu Rong glared at her: "You are not allowed to speak!" ”
Xiao Yu stuck out his tongue, shrunk his neck and stepped aside, during which he didn't forget to shrug his shoulders to Song Yang and signal: Be careful yourself.
Song Yang coughed, and before he could speak, Ren Churong stretched out his hand hatefully, pointed at him and scolded angrily: "Song Yang, you are too bullying!" ”
More than a month ago, Song Yang only said that he would go to the mountains to visit Shanximan, and he didn't come back for more than ten days, and the more Cheng He waited, the more worried he became, and then he couldn't sit still, and he couldn't care about the barbarian's hatred of the Han people, so he brought a few henchmen into the mountain, but fortunately, Shanximan thought of Song Yang's face and was polite to her.
From this, Cheng He also knew that he had let Song Yang be blinded again, and Song Yang and his sister had not come back for almost a month, Cheng He was very anxious, but fortunately Song Yang rushed back in time, if it was a day or two late, Cheng He would have to borrow troops from his father to find someone in the mountains.
"I said yes, you also promised it, and you will be informed of anything...... "Cheng He is usually quick and sharp, but now he doesn't know what to say, his breathing is heavy, his chest rises and falls violently, and he still doesn't know how to scold after holding it for a long time, and finally raised his hand angrily, slammed the horsewhip in his hand on the ground, and said angrily: "I don't do it!" With that, he turned around and left.
(To be continued)